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Cedar

Unisex

Meaning of Cedar: English: 'cedar tree'

Cedar is a unisex name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1017th most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 5119th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1017

220 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#5119

3 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

4,091

First recorded 1972 · peak 2022

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 22 babies1982: 19 babies1983: 17 babies1984: 24 babies1985: 15 babies1986: 14 babies1987: 17 babies1988: 12 babies1989: 20 babies1990: 13 babies19901991: 19 babies1992: 17 babies1993: 22 babies1994: 22 babies1995: 29 babies1996: 38 babies1997: 40 babies1998: 42 babies1999: 37 babies2000: 44 babies20002001: 63 babies2002: 48 babies2003: 46 babies2004: 57 babies2005: 46 babies2006: 76 babies2007: 82 babies2008: 73 babies2009: 67 babies2010: 80 babies20102011: 86 babies2012: 98 babies2013: 110 babies2014: 126 babies2015: 171 babies2016: 175 babies2017: 191 babies2018: 194 babies2019: 219 babies2020: 233 babies20202021: 223 babies2022: 271 babies2023: 236 babies2024: 249 babies2025: 220 babies
US babies named Cedar per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 271.

Gender split

64% boys · 36% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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